Sale or Return Bride

I really enjoyed this book. It has some familiar conventions for the Harlequin Presents line, but the old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is very apt. I loved the fact that the heroine had had so much misfortune, and what turned out to be the worst thing, turns out to be the best thing. This is marrying her hero. This book is a feel good book in my opinion. It definitely shows that a good person has to have faith and good will come to them for their actions. You need to read books like this sometimes.

Sale or Return Bride by Sarah Morgan Harlequin Presents # 2500 - November 2005 For three generations the Phillipos and Fiorukis families were bitter enemies. Now it's time to settle the scores once and for all. Dimitri Phillipos has the ultimate revenge in mind, for the return of the company he swindled from his former business partner to the Fiorukis family, he'd demand the youngest Fiourukis marry his granddaughter, Alesia. Sebastien Fiorukis finds this bargain distasteful until he meets Alesia and becomes intrigued. He wonders what she has to gain from this deal, and then her grandfather voices her demands ... hard, cold cash to be deposited to her own account at the beginning of each and every month of their marriage -- a marriage that cannot be ended until they conceive a child. Alesia is desperate; she must have the money from Sebastien, money her grandfather has refused her. And if this makes her appear to be the ultimate gold digger, she will have to live with it. Until the day Sebastien discovers her secret. Sebastien does not hide his contempt for Alesia, and feels self loathing because he can't help his attraction to her. But right from the wedding night, Alesia is a contradiction to the spoiled heiress he'd believed her to be. Ms. Morgan drew me in and I couldn't put this one down until the whole truth was finally unraveled. Fast paced, emotionally charged, sizzling passion ... a real page turner.

The above review tells the gist of the storyline in detail, so I won't go into that type of review. I just wanted to make sure I popped by to tell readers not to miss this title if they are looking for a Harlequin that won't let them down. The lead heroine is sweet & sexy with a little bit of fun thrown into her nature, and the lead hero is a non-hateful alpha male who gets wise quicker rather than later, which is a nice change. This book is also told from both sides pretty often, which is fabulous. I will likely read this one again, which I don't do too often!

FROM THE BACK COVER: The bride may be getting married in white... It's the wedding the world thought wouldn't happen - two of Greece's oldest families are to unite. They have been feuding for generations, but it seems that finally the rift has been healed... Sebastien Fiorukis is to marry Alesia Philipos! But, she has been bought for his pleasure! However, this marriage is not as it seems... Alesia will not be a willing wife - she has been bought by her husband! His demand? An heir to bind the families together once and for all... But what Sebastien doesn't know is that a child from this loveless union is something his wife will never give him ... an heir! Alesia Rawlings needed the money for her mother surgery, and the only person she could seek for help was her bloody-wicked grandfather. He had ceased her and her mother out of Greek since her father's death in an explosion, which was believed caused by the Philipos's sworn enemy, the Fiorukis. He planned for a revenge on his son's death by offering Sebastien Fiorukis marriage to his barren grand-daughter in a business proposition, of which he knew nothing. Alesia would get a huge sum of monet transferred to her account from Sebastien in monthly basis, which she would use for her mother's recuperation. He would be tied in as long as she didn't give him an heir, which was impossible for her to give him one. Sebastien saw his new wife as a gold-digger right from the start, and always thought the worse of her, and she couldn't tell him the truth. But his opinion of her was a confusion, he just couldn't match it with the fact how his new bride behaved oppositely. They had great sex all the time, but didn't realise they had fallen in love for each other. But the truth wan't out yet, it was just like a black cloud over their feelings for each other. What would Sebastian do when he learnt about the truth, that she'd beed using the money for her mother, and that she couldn't bear him any children??? If you like reading Lynne Graham's "Bond of Hatred", Michelle Reid's "Price of a Bride", and Julia James "The Greek's Virgin Bride", then you'll love this one. I like how Ms. Morgan wrote the story, it's a fiction but the plots were naturally described. The idea is not new, but I'm sure you'll enjoy it.